Article Category: Sport of Kings

KEVIN DOYLE’S PUNT

May 19, 2022

FORMER IRISH international footballer Kevin Doyle caused something of a stir two-and-a-half years ago, when he paid €155,000 for a colt foal at... Read more »

O’LOUGHLIN’S IHRB PRESCRIPTION

May 19, 2022

USUALLY WHEN an outsider is appointed to a high-profile position in horseracing, there is a mention or two about how he or she... Read more »

THIRTY-FIRST TIME LUCKY

May 5, 2022

WHEN THE Ado McGuinness-trained Lariat won a low-grade handicap at Bellewstown recently, it was the horse’s first victory in a two-year period during... Read more »

SHARK ATTACK

May 5, 2022

KILKENNY TRAINER John ‘Shark’ Hanlon has already achieved the remarkable feat by winning a Grade 1 race with a Willie Mullins-trained cast-off when... Read more »

MAGNIER VS MAKTOUM

May 5, 2022

LAST WEEKEND’S Guineas Festival at Newmarket signalled the return in force of the European flat season and judged on the brilliant one-two in... Read more »

GORDON ELLIOTT’S TV SNUB

April 20, 2022

WHEN GORDON ELLIOTT trained a Grade 1 double at Aintree recently, with JP McManus’s Three Strip Life and Sire Du Berlais, there were... Read more »

NO MONEY NO HONEY

April 20, 2022

WHEN THE Nicky Henderson-trained Constitution Hill stormed to victory in the opening race at Cheltenham last month, his owner Michael Buckley suggested he... Read more »

THE DRIVE FOR FIVE

April 20, 2022

THE TALK of Cheltenham possibly adding on a fifth day to the annual March shindig has been rumbling on for some time now... Read more »

TOLERATING TITAN JACK

April 20, 2022

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board has put a lot of effort in recent times into discouraging non-triers and rooting out doping offenders. One... Read more »

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR WILLIE

April 7, 2022

NOT SINCE the 1950s when Vincent O’Brien was crowned champion jumps trainer in Britain has an Irish trainer achieved this feat but Willie... Read more »

HARRINGTON’S WRIST SLAP

April 7, 2022

WHEN THE Co Kildare premises used by the now high-profile equine therapist John Warwick were raided by Department of Agriculture officials in tandem... Read more »

ADO’S PUNT PAYING OFF

April 7, 2022

WHEN TRAINER Ado McGuinness convinced owner Gary Devlin to fork out a reputed €¼m for recent Dubai winner A Case Of You a... Read more »

DUNNE’S EARLY RETURN

April 7, 2022

ROBBIE DUNNE was vindicated in lodging an appeal against his 18-month suspension for his bullying of fellow jockey Bryony Frost. The reduction in... Read more »

DOUG TAYLOR’S PURCHASE

March 24, 2022

DOUGLAS TAYLOR, who has been making waves in the racing and bloodstock world for some time, has another big project in the pipeline.... Read more »

ELLIOTT’S ROUGH RIDE

March 24, 2022

IT WAS a more than satisfactory week for the Irish at Cheltenham, though the anticipated level of domination over the Brits did not... Read more »

JIMMY GOUGH’S WINNING RIDE

March 24, 2022

FANS OF The Phoenix will be familiar with the adventures of the bolshy Jimmy Gough, who has proved a thorn in the side... Read more »

TOPSY TURVY AT TATTS

March 10, 2022

SINCE THE turn of the year, there have been a lot of comings and goings at the Tattersalls Ireland headquarters in Fairyhouse. Within... Read more »

JOSEPH O’BRIEN’S NEW GOAL

March 10, 2022

JOSEPH O’BRIEN can already list an international football star as one of his owners and recently he welcomed controversial UK-based football moneybags Kia... Read more »

McMANUS DERBY DREAM

March 10, 2022

WHEN A horse called Martinstown is registered with Horse Racing Ireland it should come as no surprise that there is a JP McManus... Read more »

TED WALSH’S BIG MOUTH

February 24, 2022

FORMER MULTIPLE champion jumps trainer Noel Meade and his stable jockey Sean Flanagan found themselves in hot water at Thurles recently when their... Read more »

PAUL BYRNE CASHES IN

February 24, 2022

EMMETT MULLINS and owner Paul Byrne have pulled off another coup courtesy of the sale of Byrne’s Noble Yeats to wealthy English father... Read more »

HEFFERNAN’S WHIP HAND

February 24, 2022

SENIOR FLAT jockey Seamie Heffernan has not got his riding year off to a good start, after being hit with an 11-day ban... Read more »

O’LEARY’S LAMENT

February 24, 2022

MICK O’LEARY’S annual rant about the Grand National weights has become a right snore-fest at this stage and exactly what he hopes to... Read more »

ANA O’BRIEN’S BIG SALES DAY

February 10, 2022

WITH BOTH Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien opting to steer their career down the same track as their parents, Aidan and Annemarie O’Brien, it... Read more »

CLIODHNA’S HEAVY GOING

February 10, 2022

IT HAS not been an easy ride so far for IHRB acting CEO Cliodhna Guy, as she comes under pressure from the Public... Read more »

RACHAEL’S CHOICE

February 10, 2022

MANY PUNTERS would have been surprised not to see Rachael Blackmore in the saddle aboard Barry Maloney’s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Minella Indo... Read more »

JIM BALFRY’S COMEBACK

January 27, 2022

THERE WAS an interesting face in the winners’ enclosure at Punchestown last week. Jim Balfry – the former manager of the controversial ownership... Read more »

SUANN DRUGS REPORT

January 27, 2022

THE ANTI-DOPING protocols of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) were given a seal of approval following that comprehensive review undertaken by the... Read more »

HUSBANDS’S DRY JANUARY

January 27, 2022

WITH THE Dublin Racing Festival on the horizon, Leopardstown boss Tim Husbands is dealing with the unusual scenario of more or less a... Read more »

ELLIOTT’S CHRISTMAS BONUS

January 13, 2022

WITH SO much racing on before and during the festive period, a huge gamble landed by Gordon Elliott at Ascot just before Christmas... Read more »